TY - JOUR
T1 - A Fatal Attraction
T2 - The Effect of TV Viewing on Smoking Initiation Among Young Women
AU - Johnson, Erika K.
AU - Len-Ríos, Maria
AU - Shoenberger, Heather
AU - Han, Kyung Jung
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors received financial support from The Mizzou Advantage for the research of this article. The authors received no financial support for the authorship and/or publication of this article.
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PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - This study explores whether there is a connection between TV viewing and the intention of young adult women to smoke and their ability to refuse smoking. Young adult women were defined as between 18 and 24 years of age (N = 156). Using Cultivation Theory as a framework, the researchers found that TV viewing positively predicts smoking intentions and negatively predicts the ability to refuse smoking. Accounting for smoking knowledge, current smoking behaviors, and other media use, TV viewing predicts smoking intentions. This suggests that TV viewing may be a powerful predictor of (a) smoking intentions and (b) the inability to refuse a cigarette in a peer pressure/social situation.
AB - This study explores whether there is a connection between TV viewing and the intention of young adult women to smoke and their ability to refuse smoking. Young adult women were defined as between 18 and 24 years of age (N = 156). Using Cultivation Theory as a framework, the researchers found that TV viewing positively predicts smoking intentions and negatively predicts the ability to refuse smoking. Accounting for smoking knowledge, current smoking behaviors, and other media use, TV viewing predicts smoking intentions. This suggests that TV viewing may be a powerful predictor of (a) smoking intentions and (b) the inability to refuse a cigarette in a peer pressure/social situation.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093650216641183
DO - 10.1177/0093650216641183
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067204233
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 46
SP - 688
EP - 707
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 5
ER -